1) Is the location of your house suited to the technologies that it uses?
2) How will you deal with NIMBY attitudes?
3) What are important factors to consider when using passive solar? Active solar?
4) Be sure to include the sizes of the structures in your blueprints (in feet) and where equipment will be are located on your property in relation to your house.
5) How can you use wastes to make your house more effective at saving energy and other resources?
6) What is the source of water for drinking, cooking, & washing?
7) How can you save water, both in your house and on your property? Hint search the web for gray water, and xeriscaping.
Project Guiding Questions
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1) Is the location of your house suited to the technologies that it uses?
2) How will you deal with NIMBY attitudes?
3) What are important factors to consider when using passive solar? Active solar?
4) Be sure to include the sizes of the structures in your blueprints (in feet) and where equipment will be are located on your property in relation to your house.
5) How can you use wastes to make your house more effective at saving energy and other resources?
6) What is the source of water for drinking, cooking, & washing?
7) How can you save water, both in your house and on your property? Hint search the web for gray water, and xeriscaping.